Sentences with phrase «c at high doses»

Oral supplementation with vitamin C at high doses may result in some benefit, as it has been shown to boost the immune system and reduce inflammation.

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The safety study sets the stage for phase II clinical trials looking at whether high dose vitamin C is effective at extending overall lifespan and quality of life for patients undergoing radiation and chemotherapy.

A 51 - year - old female patient with metastatic cancer refused conventional cancer treatment, choosing instead intravenously administered high - dose vitamin C at a dosage of 65 g twice a week continuing for 10 months.

It is important to understand that while at low doses, vitamin C acts an as antioxidant, at high doses, vitamin C switches roles, acting as a potent oxidative molecule.

Many studies have shown that at high doses, vitamin C is toxic to cancer cells, able to work synergistically with conventional therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation.

However, our bodies can utilize at most 500 mg of a vitamin C supplement leading to reductions of over 50 percent in the absorption rate of higher doses.

runs, weights, awesome health, @ 49 yrs old... then wham I couldn't run a mile w / o nearly collapsing... Now at 52 yrs I still struggle w / fatigue, body aches & brain fuzz, I have research a-lot & continue to research,... thus far I have change my diet to exclude the foods which impact thyroid, take the meds exactly at the same time (4:15 am) to avoid food interference, added selenium, higher dose of Vit D, continue to take the B's & C,.

Taken alone, I wouldn't make much of this study; the dose of vitamin C was too high and the model too out there, at least relative to weight training in humans.

It was shown that vitamin C at sufficiently high doses can prevent viral disease and greatly speed recovery from an acute viral infection.